His next studio album titled “ R Kelly” had three more top-ten hits “ You Remind Me Of Something” at #4, “ Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)” at #4, and “ I Can’t Sleep Baby” at #5. A third single from that album was “ Your Body’s Callin’” at #13. Kelly’s first #1 hit “ Bump N’ Grind” in February 1994 and was in the top spot for 4 weeks. His first solo single came from that album to reach Billboard’s Hot 100 chart was “ Sex Me” at #20 in October 1993. That album went on to sell over 6.2 million records world-wide and is 6 times platinum. He signed a contract with Jive Records and released his first studio album titled “” 12 Play”. Kelly separated from Public Announcement in January 1993. With Public Announcement they had four singles to hit the Hot 100 chart and “Dedicated” was the highest ranked single at #31 in 1993, and “She’s Got That Vibe” was their first single at #59 in 1992. Kelly played high school basketball with the late high school basketball player Ben Wilson. In 1991, Kelly signed with Jive Records and teamed with a new group from Chicago called Public Announcement.

In 1990, MGM recorded and released their first single “ Why You Wanna Play Me” and did not do well and the group disbanded. In 1989, Kelly, McWilliams, Walker and Brooks formed the group MGM (Musically Gifted Men). As a teenager, Kelly began street performing under the Chicago ‘L’ tracks and formed a group with his friends Marc McWilliams, Vincent Walker, and Shawn Brooks. She encouraged Kelly to perform “ Ribbon in the Sky” by Stevie Wonder in the high school talent show. Kelly entered Kenwood Academy in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood in the fall of 1980 and met his music teacher Lena McLin.

When Kelly was eight years old, he began singing at church. His father was absent most of Kelly’s life. Kelly’s mothers name is Joanne, and was single while Kelly was growing up. He was born Robert Sylvester Kelly on January 8, 1967, on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. In total he released 12 studio albums, 65 singles, 5 video albums, 52 music videos, 4 soundtracks, 5 compilation albums, and 1 live album. He was also named the most successful R&B artist in the last 25 years by Billboard. He is the only fifth black artist to crack the top 50 in the list of best-selling artists.

He has sold over 40 million copies of his songs in the United States and over 60 million world-wide, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the United States. Kelly has written, produced, and remixed songs for other artists such as Aaliayah, Michael Jackson, Nas, Sean Combs and Fat Joe to name a few. Kelly is an American song-writer and record producer.

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